Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) This section applies if the Minister directs the monitoring licensee, under section 3.8A.2, to provide a pre-commitment system.
(2) On and after 1 December 2015, a venue operator must not conduct, or allow to be conducted, a loyalty scheme in the approved venue that—
(a) allows a player to accumulate bonus, loyalty or reward points from playing gaming machines other than by using a player card; or
(b) allows a player to track his or her expenditure on a gaming machine other than by using a player card; or
(c) involves the use of any of the following equipment unless that equipment is also used for the purposes of the pre‑commitment system—
(i) a card reader installed on or in a gaming machine;
(ii) an interactive display screen installed on or in a gaming machine;
(iii) a kiosk;
(iv) any other prescribed equipment.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) On and after 1 December 2015, a casino operator must not conduct, or allow to be conducted, a loyalty scheme in the casino that—
(a) allows a player to accumulate bonus, loyalty or reward points from playing gaming machines other than by using a player card; or
(b) allows a player to track his or her expenditure on a gaming machine other than by using a player card; or
(c) involves the use of any of the following equipment unless that equipment is also used for the purposes of the pre‑commitment system—
(i) a card reader installed on or in a gaming machine;
(ii) an interactive display screen installed on or in a gaming machine;
(iii) a kiosk;
(iv) any other prescribed equipment.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) In this section—
"card reader", interactive display screen and kiosk have the same meanings as in section 3.8A.1.
S. 3.5.37 (Heading) amended by No. 20/2018 s. 64(1).